A New Challenge Site

Ready for a new challenge - well read on! 

I've been holding onto this secret for a while now until I've almost reached bursting point.  Now I can tell you - (fanfare!) - I have great pleasure in introducing you to Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog.  I'm sure many of you already know Ann through her own blog Spirit of Creativity.  I am extremely honoured that Ann has chosen me to be one of her DT, fondly known as Ann's Dream Team!  We can’t wait to show you our creations so please join us for our very first challenge on Friday 6 November. The designers are Ann, Beryl, Chrissie, Cynthia, Lorraine, Wendy and myself and we have our own page on the challenge blog where you can put faces to names and where you can link to our personal blogs and check us out!

To celebrate the first challenge Ann is giving away a  prize to one lucky person. The winner will receive 5 digi stamps and 5 backing paper collections of their choice from Ann's store. Currently there are 12 backing paper collections and 18 digi stamps, although I guess there will be more to choose from by the time the winner is announced. You can check out what you might win on the pages at the top of the blog.  The digi stamps and backing paper collections are also available to purchase now if you can't wait.

 

All that I have left to say is, please join us on 6 November and go, spread the word!

Welcome to Wicked Designs

Thank you for following me from Tranquility to Wicked Designs. Why the change of name you ask? Well, when I worked I was an IT trainer with the police. After each course I had to do follow-up calls checking on how folk were coping. The division I worked in was called Western Division. One day I arrived at my office in HQ to find a 'joker' had stuck a picture of a witch on my door with the caption 'Wicked Witch of the West' and the rest, as they say, is history.

When I make cards the sticker I use on the back says Wicked Designs on it and my email is wicked-witch so I thought it appropriate to go back to my roots!

Once my back is a bit better than it is just now I'll be back blogging on a regular basis so keep a look-out for what the witch is up to. Hope to see you again soon. xx

OLL

Challenge :

Ooh La La Creations - Victorian Christmas

Elements :

BP & Image - Victorian Winter from Passion for Fashion CD by Ooh La La Creations

Bits and bobs from stash

I'm Almost Back!

Statue of Madrid Coat of Arms - Royal Palace - Opera House

Cant remember! - Plaza Mayor - Dome of Metropolis Hotel

Bernabeu Stadium - Fountain of Neptune - Friends & OH outside Prado Museum

We have had the most wonderful time with our friends and Madrid was extra special. What a fantastic city, so much to see and do. The architecture is WOW and there's something to take your breath away round every corner. Maureen and I enjoyed the shops but some were only for window shopping - €1640 for a Gucci handbag - yes, only for looking!

Unfortunately I'm not quite back fully. Yesterday I bent down to pat the dog and my back went. I spent a very uncomfortable night on the settee as every time I moved my back went into spasm. Thankfully it's a little better today so I'd better not stay on here too long and undo any good that's been done. Hopefully I'll be back to full strength by the weekend. Thank goodness for wonderful friends as where's OH when I need him - in the UK!

AWOL for Another Week

Hi everyone!
We have had the most fantastic week with my cousin and her husband. The weather has been almost everything - we had a mini gota fria (torrential rain and flooding) at the beginning of the week and by yesterday it was back to mid 30s. It didn't stop us doing anything ie shopping and eating out! We went to Benidorm Palace on Tuesday night to see the new show 'Crescendo' and it was spectacular. What a performance and the laser lights were something else. I'm gonna be awol this coming week too as OH is back tomorrow and bringing a couple of our friends with him. The 4 of us are off to Madrid on Monday till Thursday. We are all really looking forward to that as none of us has been there before. I'll hopefully have some piccies for you once they all go back to the UK on 13th. Hope you are all well and look forward to being back in blogland very soon. Hugs to all. x